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The Handpie Company is on the move and amping up for an expansion, uprooting from their spot in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I.'s Gateway Village to a space just a little bit closer to the Confederation Bridge.

The building they were in was sold, says Sarah Bennetto O'Brien, chef and owner of The Handpie Company, and they're moving into a new home a bit bigger than their current pie-making joint.

"We're closer to the liquor store, which is one of the only other things that stays open all year round, so it's kind of your one-stop shopping in Borden-Carleton," she laughed.

To go along with their new space they're working on expanding their business to sell across Island, trying and catch up with the high demand for their handheld pies.

At the moment, they have a waiting list of about 10 businesses wanting to sell their pastries fresh or frozen, Bennetto O'Brien said.

Although she wouldn't say which companies are interested in selling the pies, she did hint that "handpies go really really well with local beer."

"For breweries to be able to offer a local-ingredient, epic handpie along with their amazing beer is a match made in heaven."

'Borden-Carleton is the next big thing'

In an ideal world, she said, they'd love to have a 3,000 square foot facility with a sizeable walk-in freezer to make enough product for the 10 potential locations as well as fulfilling their own peak-season needs.

"We're kind of people's first taste of P.E.I. and I would just love to be able to be producing already," she added.

The business has been doing incredibly well since it started four years ago, Bennetto O'Brien said, and they're just starting to "rev our engines" in terms of growth on P.E.I.